Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

THE EDLINGTON HILL TOP CENTRE ASSOCIATES

The advancement of adult education to a socially and economically deprived community.The relief of unemployment through job search facilities and the support of welfare benefit assistance.The provision of pre school childcare through a 50 place nursery.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£380£364£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£460£382£79n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£257£226£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£193£174£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£167£160£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£117£183£-66n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£143£138£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£122£99£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£99£80£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£98£98£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£96£111£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12*£147£158£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£200£240£-40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£94£146£-52n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£174£145£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£144£203£-58n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£120£77£43n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£216£346£-129n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£361£352£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 20 years

https://www.helpinghands-centre.org/

a.jackson@hilltopcentre.org.uk

01709863268

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Doncaster,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Henry Smith Charity£60,000
DCMS£36,971
National Lottery Community Fund£17,345
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust£16,994
Garfield Weston Foundation£7,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - The Edlington Hilltop Centre Associates
£5,000 07/06/2023
The funding is for a contribution to the salary of the organisations Community Engagement and Support Officer who provides benefit advice and support with applying for benefits.
National Lottery Community Fund - Helping Hands Community Transport
£10,000 06/01/2023
The funding will be used to purchase a new vehicle for the centre. The project aims to be able to continue to serve and connect the community.
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - The Edlington Hilltop Centre Associates
£1,994 27/07/2022
The funding is for the redistribution of surplus food to the community.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Edlington Hilltop Centre Associates Ltd
£60,000 26/05/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing a range of activities and support for people from disadvantaged communities in Edlington, South Yorkshire.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500 17/09/2021
Helping Hands Replacement Heating System
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - The Edlington Hilltop Centre Associates
£10,000 27/04/2021
The funding is for a Retail & Volunteer Engagement Manager and volunteer costs. When retail and catering outlets reopen the applicant will be introducing a volunteer programme using their Forteas Vintage Community Cafe and the two Helping Hands ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Helping Hands Community IT Project
£7,345 12/01/2021
8
The funding will be used for staffing and operational costs to deliver opportunities to digitally excluded people from within the wider community.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£31,971 19/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000 30/07/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Helping Hands Project
£301,755 18/04/2019
60
This funding is to enable a community centre to provide a range of valuable local services ' including a community café, IT skills workshops, parent and toddler groups, and bingo clubs. Benefit advice, dementia friendly meetings, and holiday ....more
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Edlington Hilltop Centre Associates Limited
£11,000 13/09/2018
12
Inspiring Women; support for vulnerable women
National Lottery Community Fund - Helping Hands - community support
£9,604 28/06/2018
12
The group will deliver a drop in support service for people with physical and mental issues, where they can access advice, signposting and information, along with social activities. This will provide opportunities for people to leave their homes and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-84
  • ANDREW JACKSON (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • DANIEL RORY SWEENEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Not Provided
  • ERNEST HARDY Appointed: 2004, Occupation: Retired
  • JANET DEVANNEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Not Known
  • JOAN BRIGGS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Secretary
  • LINDA KATHLEEN SMITH Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/07/2004, number: 1104859
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/09/2002, number: 04540273
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR18: 49 days late, AR12: 2 days late, AR07: 98 days late, AR06: 1045 days late,
Main office

EDLINGTON LANE
EDLINGTON
DONCASTER
SOUTH YORKSHIRE
DN12 1PL

Objectives

(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF ADULT EDUCATION;(B) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF EDLINGTON IN SUCH AWAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY;(C) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT; AND (D) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF EDLINGTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE INHABITANTS OF EDLINGTON THE SURROUNDING AREA.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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